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Just watched the Pilot

posted 8 years ago by lynxx55
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Premise is very weak. Such ignorance on the ship and on the ground:

I can understand the appeal to teenage freedom, but these jokers can't even feed or clothe themselves, let alone fashion survival tools. It's all posturing and young testosterone. They can't even build themselves a rain shelter.

Why would the establishment send these naive kittens to Earth with no communications except those ridiculous vital sign bracelets? No camera, no voice communications? If life support fails in four months, might as well send down some biologists if they have any? And isn't it kind of self-defeating to space your talented surgeons?

I will watch another episode if you think it gets better.

[–] miracle12 8 years ago

They are criminals, by the law of the Ark in lockup until their 18th birthday only to be sentenced to death then, they are therefore expendable to buy the other citizens of the Ark some time (and for them to maybe find a solution up there somehow). And IF they manage to survive, isn't it better to send young people with a better chance to repopulate earth than older folks?

About the tech: The Ark has very little resources, old material, no supplies delivered from somewhere like earth, like today with the ISS, so maybe those bracelets are everything they could manage to produce in a short timespan?

And maybe look at you in your mid to late teens and imagine being trapped in a small place in space, or more like Octavia, being hidden your whole life in a 8-10qm quarter or under the floor. How would you react in a place of which you were told that it's uninhabitable and noone survived to date and you don't feel the need to be careful? Free from any government that sentenced you to jail and your parents to death because of the smallest crimes?

It gets better. Incredibly better. Just stick to my ;) rule and give the show 3 or better 5 episodes. If you're not at least a bit hooked after that and want to know what comes next, this show isn't for you.

"Who we are, and who we need to be to survive are very different things."

[–] lynxx55 8 years ago

OK, Miracle. I'm at S1 Ep9 now. I'm caught up in the story now -- very suspenseful, but I wish that the writing would be betger.

Anything that happens, those darn kids yell, "It's all your fault, I'll kill YOU!"

[–] miracle12 8 years ago

I forgot: There is a radio. They just can't use it because they lost the antenna (I can't explain it that well) during the landing.

"Who we are, and who we need to be to survive are very different things." - Bellamy Blake (The 100)

[–] linbrikat 8 years ago

Just want to back up what Miracle12 has already said. The show gets very much better in the second half of season 1 and season 2 is brilliant. It may have been aimed at teenagers at the beginning but it soon gets a lot more grown-up and very dark. I love it and I haven't been a teenager for a VERY long time.

[–] lynxx55 8 years ago

Thanks, linbrikat. I guess I'm up for season 2 now.

[–] Madam_Persephone 8 years ago

They mention the drop ship was damaged during landing. One of the techs on the ark even specifically says "Everything we designed to help them now won't work." Paraphrasing but the sentiment is the same. They gave them multiple safety nets but they didn't have a redundancy system in case of technological failure. Not that they could have, of course. At least they had maps and whatnot.

[–] lynxx55 8 years ago

Thanks, Madam Persephone, that explains a lot. But I wonder if the kids really want the authoritative station people to come to Earth. They would be treated as children again.

[–] Madam_Persephone 8 years ago

You're very welcome. I only remembered the line because I recently rewatched it.

As for what the kids want and what actually happens... Well. Progression is made. :)

[–] ijustwantedausername 8 years ago

Hahaha! KEEP WATCHING!!! Totally felt the same, even a few episodes in. Oh blah. Post apocoliptic teen angst. But I was pleasantly surprised! After finishing season 3, kinda want to watch the season over again. Because it was that amazing. I hope you enjoy it!

[–] tplant36 8 years ago

I think it was somewhere around episode 3 or 4 when I realized this show was special.

I am watching season one again right now, going to try to get through all 3 again before season 4 starts next week. It's a steady progression, but where they are now compared to where they started is SO different. The first 2 and a half episodes are very typical CW and then it takes a turn and continues veering away from that.